diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e270e55..385d421 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,8 +2,28 @@
 ## gitignore(5) -- specify ignored files
 ##
 
+# Ignore swap files and cabal output.
 *.swo
 *.swp
 *~
 .DS_Store
-/dist/
+dist
+
+# Ignore test builds.
+tests/Tests
+tests/Tests.hi
+tests/Tests.o
+
+# Rest of the file: ignore examples
+examples/hakyll/_cache
+examples/hakyll/_site
+examples/hakyll/hakyll
+examples/hakyll/hakyll.o
+examples/hakyll/hakyll.hi
+examples/hakyll/reference
+
+examples/simpleblog/_cache
+examples/simpleblog/_site
+
+examples/brochure/_cache
+examples/brochure/_site
diff --git a/examples/hakyll/about.markdown b/examples/hakyll/about.markdown
index 67fa46d..b58485b 100644
--- a/examples/hakyll/about.markdown
+++ b/examples/hakyll/about.markdown
@@ -25,4 +25,5 @@ you will have to license your code under a GPL-compatible license.
 
 ## Authors
 
-Hakyll was written by [Jasper Van der Jeugt](http://jaspervdj.be).
+Hakyll was originally written by [Jasper Van der Jeugt](http://jaspervdj.be). It
+also received contributions from [seschwar](http://github.com/seschwar).